Just read an article about the new dambusters movie, Guy Gibson`s black labrador is to be called "Tigger" so as not to offend anybody !!
For pete`s sake political correctness gone mad, the dogs name wasn`t that, HISTORICAL FACT.
Mind you being how a lot of American money is behind the new film I am surprised they haven`t replaced the Lanc`s with Fortresses, and have Gibson coming from Texas.

Shouldn't be surprised when they show the original on T.V it's muted out now.

They will, I wouldn't bother getting all het up about it, it won't be worth watching anyway, won't have anything to match the CGI when the bomb hits the dam in the original

Will it spoil the film for you, what with the dog's name being such an integral part of the plot?

Do you rage against any of the other things they might have changed in the film? I'm pretty sure there was probably a bit of swearing going on in the plane and such. They don't include that.

I would hardly describe my post as a rage. Merely a comment.
The dogs name was also the call sign for the succesfull breach of the dam, so I would say it was important. I would place money that no black people would be offended, just the usual crowd of Gaurdian readers.
Why change history ?

Again, are there any other changes in the film you object to?

If not, why not?

Must it be an absolute historical record to be worthwhile? A film is not a history book, it's a piece of entertainment.

And when you include the phrase 'polictical correctness gone mad', unnecessary exclamation points and capital letters for some words, indicating shouting, then I class it as a rant.

Oh sorry the puctuation mafia.
Yes any change for the sake of change I am against. If you want to make a film about Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron. Tell the story as acurately and truthfully as you can.
If you want to make a film about a group of un-named pilots going on a difficult mission, film what you like.

OK, so can we count on you posting threads about anything else they get wrong?

Blimey, I made a clearly labled OT post about an article that in my mind showed how politically correct society had become, in relation to Guy Gibson being a particular hero of mine.
If I had read an article about another aspect of the film I found so ridiculous, yes i would have posted it.
What you are trying to infere about me, you couldn`t be more wrong.

I'd quit while I was behind if I were you.

Well you have one person (me) who agrees with you. And, as the ever-sensible Mac Field said, it won't be a patch on the original anyway.

How can you top the Redgrave / Todd combination in the original ?

This sort of thing kind of reminds me of the Comic Strip's send up of Hollywood in the late 80s .... Where they turned the Miners Strike in to a Hollywood Blockbuster with Arthur Scargill played by Peter Richardson as Al Pacino

You can't.

I'll be interested in seeing it to see if it'a as good as the original.

The Nigger/Tigger argument is neither here nor there. The film's about how the bouncing bomb was devised and the heroism of those men who flew on that air raid. Whether they include the name of Gibson's dog isn't central to the plot IMO, to even bring it up is to miss the whole point.